Concept

Hypnosis, Anesthetic

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Books
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Numerous cases of surgical operations without pain in the mesmeric state; with remarks upon the opposition of many members of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and others to the reception of the inestimable blessings of mesmerism / By John Elliotson.
Elliotson, John, 1791-1868.Date: 1843
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Mesmerism in India : second half-yearly report of the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital, from 1st March to 1st September, 1849, containing accounts of formidable and numerous painless surgical operations, and of the successful administration of mesmerism in insanity, and other diseases : to which is added, remarks on the conduct of the English medical journalists, and nearly the whole of the medical profession, in reference to the greatest of medical blessings : with some hints to the public on the employment of mesmerism and on mesmerisers / by Dr. Elliotson.
Mesmeric Hospital (Calcutta, India)Date: 1850
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Natural and mesmeric clairvoyance : with the practical application of mesmerism in surgery and medicine / by James Esdaile.
Esdaile, James, 1808-1859.Date: 1852
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Hypnosis in modern medicine / edited by Jerome M. Schneck.
Date: [1959], ©1959
Archives and manuscripts
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M0009909: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: anaesthesia exhibition, 1946
Date: March 1947Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/87/32
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive